#1 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Union (Neighborhood)
Kitsap Peninsula WA
~3.19 miles from Union city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Shelton (Neighborhood)
Shelton WA
~10.07 miles from Union city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Gig Harbor (Neighborhood)
Kitsap Peninsula WA
~21.29 miles from Union city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Bigelow House Museum
918 Glass Ave Ne Olympia WA - 360-753-1215
~21.90 miles from Union city center
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The Bigelow House: Witness to History
The Bigelow House Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the early history of Olympia and Washington Territory. It is the oldest residence in Olympia, Washington, and one of the earliest still standing in the Pacific Northwest.
Pioneer lawyer and Territorial Legislator Daniel R. Bigelow and his schoolteacher wife Ann Elizabeth White Bigelow built Bigelow House in the 1850s. The Bigelows were pivotal figures in early Washington history and the struggle for women’s rights and public education.
The house is a rare surviving example of the Carpenter Gothic style popular in rural America during the mid-1800s and is still surrounded by more than an acre of the family’s original land claim. The home displays original documents, artifacts, and furnishings representing 150 years of the family’s participation in important causes on the community, state and national levels.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Olympia (Neighborhood)
Olympia WA
~22.07 miles from Union city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Hands On Childrens Museum
106 11th Ave Sw Olympia WA - 360-956-0818
~22.53 miles from Union city center
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Wonderful hands-on, interactive children's museum that offers a wide variety of fun and educational exhibits to help children explore the world around them. Some of the exhibits on site include the Backyard Wilderness where children can create animal habitat in their backyard, and the Body Basics that takes a step inside the human body.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Olympia/State Capitol
Olympia WA
~22.58 miles from Union city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Washington State Museum
211 21st Ave Sw Olympia WA - 360-753-2580
~23.04 miles from Union city center
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The Washington State Capital Museum and Outreach Center in Olympia features permanent and temporary displays on the city and on Native American history. The State Capital Museum building is also used to house a number of societies, primarily those with an interest in heritage and history.
Hobbies & Activities category: Historical museum
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Union
South Puget Sound Community College
2011 Mottman Rd Sw Olympia WA - 360-754-7711
~23.17 miles from Union city center
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South Puget Sound Community College is a community college located in southwest Olympia, Washington, USA. It is located in a residential area just off the junction between US Route 101 and the Interstate 5 freeway. The college contains 125 acres (0.51 km2) and is serving about 6,800 full and part-time students as of the 2008 fall quarter student count.
Average full time tuition rates are $980-$2700 (this depends on the residential standing of the student.) There are a large variety of certifications, degrees, and general education opportunities at this institution.
STUDENT SENATE
The student senate of SPSCC is a large part of the operating staff of the institution. They are essentially the representatives of the student body to the president's staff, and the rest of the administrative branch of the school. There are 3 executive officers in this operation. These include Associated Student Body (ASB) President, Vice-President for Administration & Finance, and Vice-President for Clubs & Organizations. The Senate is made up of 4 somewhat interchangeable positions. They include Senator for Legislative Affairs, Senator for Diversity & Equity, Senator for Administration, and Senator for Public Relations. http://www.spscc.ctc.edu/
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Lacey (Neighborhood)
Lacey WA
~23.83 miles from Union city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Lacey City Museum
829 1/2 Lacey St Se Olympia WA - 360-438-0209
~23.95 miles from Union city center
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Street Address
829½ Lacey St SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Museum Hours
Thursday, Friday 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Admissions
Free
Description
The primary mission of the Lacey Museum is to collect, interpret, and display historical materials that illustrate the history of the Lacey area in all periods of its development. In a changing community, the Lacey Museums works to preserve and interpret Lacey history and identity. Through exhibits, educational programs, and research archives, the museum tells the story of Lacey's past, present, and future.
History
The Lacey Museum is located in an historic structure originally built in 1926 by Fred Russell as a private residence. In the late 1940s the building was used by the Lacey Volunteer Fire Department, and was later used as city hall when Lacey was incorporated as a city in 1966. City government outgrew the facility, and by 1979 the decision was made to create a local museum on land donated by Lacey Women's Club. The building was moved, and in 1981 the Lacey Museum opened to the public.
Artifacts Collections
Local history photographs, furnishings, utensiles.
Staff
Amber Raney, Curator
Phone: 360-438-0209
Email: araney@ci.lacey.wa.us
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Henderson House Museums
602 Deschutes Way Sw Olympia WA - 360-754-4163
~24.12 miles from Union city center
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The Henderson House is significant for its associations with the development of Tumwater and the Olympia Brewery. The house is one of the few remnants of what was the downtown of early Tumwater. It is also significant because of its simplified Queen Anne architectural design which was according to tradition one of the most modern of the period. The uses of the house over the years reflect the changing economic conditions in Tumwater and environs.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Bremerton (Neighborhood)
Kitsap Peninsula WA
~24.16 miles from Union city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma WA
~24.51 miles from Union city center
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Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The 702-acre (2.84 km2) park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, the Camp 6 Logging Museum, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock, Fort Nisqually, and most notably a stand of old-growth forest. More than two million people visit it every year. Point Defiance Park is maintained and operated by the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
5400 N Pearl St Tacoma WA
~24.53 miles from Union city center
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Treat your family to a special day at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Where else can you see seahorses and sharks, peacocks and penguins, wolves and walrus, all in one place?
The 29-acre Zoo is large enough to offer an awesome array of animals yet small enough to let you get really close to them. Our keepers often roam the grounds, taking animals on strolls so you can see them up close. Who knows? You might run into and anteater on your way to see the polar bears!
Be sure to visit Kids Zone. This fanciful exhibit engages children in active learning through play. The focus is on fun, movement and learning what animals need to thrive.
The breathtaking views of Puget Sound, Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains are free - and so is the parking. So what are you waiting for? Bring your family to see ours.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is open at 9:30 a.m. daily. Closing times vary. AAA, military & Pierce County resident discounts are available. MC, Visa, Discover & Traveler's checks accepted.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is just minutes off of I-5 in beautiful Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA. For more information call (253) 591-5337 or visit www.pdza.org. http://www.pdza.org
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Camp 6 Logging Museum
Tacoma WA
~24.53 miles from Union city center
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Our mission is to preserve and present to the public a portion of Washington State's history from the 1880's through the 1940's as it pertains to the "Steam Era of Logging". With photographs, paintings, artifacts and equipment displays, Camp 6 takes the visitor back in time from when horse and ox teams hauled out the timber up through the last days that steam powered "Donkeys" and Railroads worked the woods. Visitors will see first hand what life in the logging camps and woods of Western Washington was like.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
Tacoma WA
~24.53 miles from Union city center
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Fort Nisqually was the first European settlement on Puget Sound. The Hudson's Bay Company of London established it in 1833. The original site was on the beach and plains above the Nisqually River delta in the present town of DuPont, Washington. Today Fort Nisqually, including two of the original buildings, is located inside Tacoma's Point Defiance Park and is owned and operated as a historic site by Metro Parks Tacoma.
Fort Nisqually operates on a seasonal schedule – please call 591-5339 for exact days and times. There is a nominal admission fee.
Fort Nisqually offers numerous special events throughout the year and living history re-enactors are often available for interpretation of the detailed history of the Fort. The Fort also features a summer history camp for kids and an active volunteer and school tour program. For more information about Fort Nisqually, e-mail FortNisqually@tacomaparks.com, go to www.FortNisqually.org or call 591-5339.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Tumwater (Neighborhood)
Tumwater WA
~25.39 miles from Union city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Olympic Flight Museum
7637 Old Highway 99 Se # A Olympia WA - 360-705-3925
~26.72 miles from Union city center
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The Olympic Flight Museum is an aviation museum at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. The museum has more than 20 vintage planes and helicopters on display, most of which are in airworthy condition. Children can climb in such as the mobile Huey and T-28 Trojan. There is a scale model airplane display. See up close an airworthy and pristine P-51 Mustang, a replica A6M Zero, T-6 Texan WWII trainer, and several helicopters including a HH-43 Huskie and an OH-6 Cayuse (Loach).
The AD-1 Skyraider and TBM Avenger have been sold.
The museum also hosts the annual Olympic Air Show, featuring a world-class selection of heritage and current military aircraft demonstrations. The event is one of the top five community events in the South Sound region.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Tumwater Indoor Sports Arena
7960 Center St. Tumwater WA
~26.77 miles from Union city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Lakewold Gardens
Lakewood WA
~27.23 miles from Union city center
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Lakewold Gardens (10 acres) is a non-profit estate garden located at 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood, Washington. It is open year round.
The property first began in 1908 as a 5-acre (20,000 m2) home site. It was enlarged circa 1918 by purchase of an adjacent site, and sold in 1925 to Major Everett Griggs and his wife, Grace, who renamed the property "Lakewold". In 1938 the property was sold again to G. Corydon and Eulalie Wagner, who began collecting plants and engaged Thomas Church as a landscape architect. In 1986 Mrs. Wagner donated the estate to a non-profit organization.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Union
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory
Tacoma WA
~28.18 miles from Union city center
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Metro Parks Tacoma
4702 S 19th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
(253) 305-1000 / TTY (253)759-9286
Fax (253) 305-1005 or (253) 305-1098
For general inquiries info@tacomaparks.com
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Karpeles Manuscript Museum
Tacoma WA
~28.20 miles from Union city center
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The Karpeles Manuscript Library is the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.The library was founded in 1983 by California real estate magnates, David and Marsha Karpeles, with the goal of stimulating interest in learning, especially in children. All of the Karpeles Manuscript Library services are free.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
Tacoma WA
~28.58 miles from Union city center
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Today, the Broadway Center is recognized for its leadership in presenting world-class performing artists, providing one of the largest performing arts education programs in Washington State and preserving Tacoma's historic theaters. The Broadway Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and manages the largest complex of theaters between Seattle and Portland: Pantages Theater (seating 1169, built in 1918, and restored in 1983); the Rialto Theater (seating 742, also built in 1918, and restored 1991); and Theatre on the Square (seating 302, built in 1993).
In 2008-09, the Broadway Center celebrated our 25th anniversary and continued to fulfill a dual mission as steward for these three publicly owned theatres and serve as a presenter of leading artists on-stage. Further, the Broadway Center operates one of the largest performing arts education programs in Washington State, serving 26,000 students and teachers annually in the South Sound, including deep levels of service with our four Kennedy Center Partners, the Bethel, Puyallup, South Kitsap and Tacoma School Districts.
The Broadway Center is proud to provide a vital home to nine of Tacoma's Resident Arts Organizations that form the core of the performing arts system in the South Puget Sound region: Northwest Sinfonietta; Puget Sound Revels; Tacoma City Ballet; Tacoma Concert Band; Tacoma Opera; Tacoma Philharmonic; Tacoma School of the Arts; Tacoma Symphony Orchestra; and Tacoma Youth Symphony Association.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Broadway Center is to provide outstanding venues, in which we & others entertain, enrich and enable community members of all ages.
Our vision is to lead and energize the renaissance of Downtown Tacoma.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Children's Museum of Tacoma
Tacoma WA
~28.60 miles from Union city center
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A visit to the Children's Museum of Tacoma promises play, fun and learning. You and your little one can Soar Into Story, create a masterpiece in Becka's Studio and plant a garden in New Digs.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Downtown Tacoma (Neighborhood)
Tacoma WA
~28.70 miles from Union city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Museum of Glass
Tacoma WA
~28.88 miles from Union city center
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Built with a steel cone on the top, the Museum of Glass represents the pinnacle of artistic quality in the theater district. The visiting as well as in-house artists here impress the visitors with their creations and glass-blowing skills. The exhibitions held here are educational as well as fun for the whole family. School trips and guided tours are usually organized here for the same reason. Enter the place to get completely bowled over by the beauty of glass in its different forms. Visit the hot shop for the molten formation process and end it with the cold shop where the final touches are given.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma WA
~28.88 miles from Union city center
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In May 2003, Tacoma Art Museum opened a new facility twice the size of its previous home, allowing the museum to expand on its vision and mission. American Institute of Architects AIA Gold Medal winner Antoine Predock designed the building located in the heart of Tacoma’s Cultural District. It features flexible exhibition space in a series of galleries that wrap around an open-air stone courtyard. The galleries showcase Tacoma Art Museum’s permanent collection of American, European, and Asian art, highlighting Northwest artists; and traveling national and international exhibitions. The interior reflects the museum’s spirit, from the emphasis on education spaces that are designed to make art accessible to the framed views of Mt. Rainier and Tacoma's growing core.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Union Station
Tacoma WA
~28.91 miles from Union city center
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Traveler Description: This grand relic from the golden age of rail travel was re-opened to visitors in the early 1990s.
Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest
Address: Tacoma, WA
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Union
Washington State History Museum
Tacoma WA
~28.95 miles from Union city center
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The Washington State History Museum is located in downtown Tacoma, Washington. It is owned and operated by the Washington State Historical Society under the official approval of the Washington State Legislature.
The museum maintains a permanent exhibit about the history of the Pacific Northwest, and continually hosts temporary exhibits that further illuminate some portion of the history of the state of Washington. The top floor of the museum contains a "history lab" where visitors can experience and learn about history in a more hands-on fashion.
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